#AEB4B4#AEB4B4

#AEB4B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4B4
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -2.09, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 2.22, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0064 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(42.0135, 44.9362, 49.6313)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4B4 #B4AEAE

analogous

#AEB4B1 #AEB4B4 #AEB1B4

triadic

#AEB4B4 #B4AEB4 #B4B4AE

tetradic

#AEB4B4 #B1AEB4 #B4AEAE #B1B4AE

square

#AEB4B4 #B1AEB4 #B4AEAE #B1B4AE

split-complementary

#AEB4B4 #B4AEB1 #B4B1AE

monochromatic

#6F7878 #8E9797 #AEB4B4 #CED1D1 #EEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#AEB4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4B4

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4B4	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caca',
    500: '#aeb4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4b4;
$custom-light: #c6caca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.00674,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.44936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4B4

secondary

#E0DEDE

accent

#58588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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